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VisusNano awarded over £225,000 by Innovate UK
VisusNano, a medtech company developing a biodegradable intraocular lens that can release drugs directly into the eye, has been awarded just over £225,000 by Innovate UK. VisusNano was awarded the funding for its drug-eluting MEDILens product, which is being developed to release anti-inflammatory drugs directly into the patients’ eye following cataract surgery.
VisusNano opens new facility at Discovery Park
Medtech company VisusNano announces the opening of its 800 sq. ft facility at Discovery Park, the Life Sciences Opportunity Zone for ambitious and growing companies. The expansion will enable the rapid scale up of the company’s proprietary biodegradable intraocular lens, known as MEDILens. The drug-eluting lens is being developed to release anti-inflammatory drugs directly into the patients’ eye following cataract surgery.
Start-up receives Innovate UK funding for intraocular lens implant
Medtech start-up VisusNano has been awarded £1.39m from the Innovate UK’s Biomedical Catalyst programme to further develop VisiLens, a drug-eluting intraocular lens implant (IOL) for patients undergoing cataract surgery. The funding will allow the company to test the implant’s safety and efficacy humans, the next step getting the product to market.
Innovate UK awards £1.39m for implant used in cataract surgery
VisusNano has been awarded £1.39 million in non-dilutive funding from the Innovate UK Biomedical Catalyst programme to further develop VisILens, a drug-eluting intraocular lens implant (IOL), for use in patients undergoing cataract surgery.


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Dubai Islamic Bank expands footprint with three new branches in UAE
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Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) announced today the opening of three new branches - one in Abu Dhabi and two in Dubai - bringing the bank's UAE network to a total of 66 branches.
"One of the pillars of our Retail strategy for 2010 has been to enhance convenience and accessibility for our customers. To support this, we will further strengthen DIB's footprint and endeavor to be within close proximity of all our customers across the UAE," said Dr. Adnan Chilwan, Chief of Retail and Business Banking, Dubai Islamic Bank. "We plan to expand our network to 74 branches across the UAE by the end of this year, to cater to our growing and geographically spreading customer base."
"Dubai Islamic Bank always endeavors to provide its customers with optimum services, through introducing unique Sharia-compliant products, adding new branches at convenient locations and more," said Rashid Mahboob, Head of Branches Management, Dubai Islamic Bank. "We are certain that the opening of our new branches will be of immense benefit to our customers. We look forward to welcoming them in our new branches and opening more branches in the near future."
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Jewel’s super high-tech security system has CCTVs that can locate a lost child based only on description
The intelligent security system at Jewel can find a lost child by comparing the descriptions of a person's characteristics with CCTV images.
These are the smart TVst that passed Netflix's "rigorous" performance tests this year.
I visited Singtel’s 24-hour unmanned store – here’s what it’s like inside UNBOXED, where a robot uses facial recognition to id...
No staff, no problem. Thieves who try to steal from Singtel's unmanned store will be locked in.
2 in 5 Singapore workers plan to leave their jobs this year – and it’s largely because of ‘limited career paths’
Even Wi-Fi connectivity matters to Singapore employees.
The partnership will enable faster go-to-market solutions for 5G deployment in the country.
By 2050, 1 in 6 people in the world will be over the age of 65, compared to 1 in 11 in 2019
I put Google’s Pixel 3a and Vivo’s V15 Pro in a camera battle for 2 weeks – and it was a surprisingly tough fight
Both the Google Pixel 3a and Vivo V15 Pro have their fair share of unique functions and gimmicks. But one consistently produced the better photos.
Good news for seniors: FairPrice is extending Pioneer Generation discounts for another year and starting Merdeka scheme in July
From July 1, Pioneers will get 3 days of discounts at FairPrice while those from the Merdeka Generation will get 2 days.
This makes Malaysia TransferWise's fourth country in Asia to enjoy its remittance service after Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong.
The Singaporean was killed when he was thrown from his BMW motorcycle after colliding with a van at a road junction.


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A recent study shows that Design driven companies outperform their peers in the S&P 500 by 228% over the last ten years.
New logo design and website design for domain registry leader “Namecheap”, as part of their rebrand. Compare their old vs new designs here.
A Recent branding study shows the importance of simplicity when it comes to the consumer experience with a brand. Here are some findings from the branding study.
A recent study shows the effectiveness of branding and logo recognition on children. A whopping 86% of Chinese kids recognize cigarette logos.
Yahoo’s has unveiled it’s new logo design in hope to help “modernize” it’s brand. Are you with the majority in thinking this logo is a fail?
Yahoo is about to announce their new logo design. Here are some of the possible logo design concepts revealed by Yahoo via their “30 Days Of Change”.
Tim Delger’s “The Hipster Logo Design Guide” pokes fun at the latest trends in logo design. It’s pretty funny, have a look.


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If you don't leave instructions or a tip for your Instacart shopper, your order could be delayed, or you may not receive the best service.
NYPD detained a delivery person a few minutes after curfew, even though they are exempted under city guidelines
A delivery person was detained by police, even though they are exempted from the curfew. He was brought back to the station and then released.
Uber and Postmates lost a bid to temporarily block California's new gig-worker law, a legal setback that could immediately affect their financials
A statement from Uber reiterated the company's commitment to continuing to challenge the case in court.
Instacart is reportedly sending delivery workers anti-union memos ahead of their vote to organize in Illinois
Instacart part-time workers in Skokie, Illinois will vote to unionize on February 1, Vice reported. They would be the app's first workers to unionize.
Pete Buttigieg's campaign used a company criticized for its low wages to hire workers, even after Buttigieg has been critical of the gig economy
The campaign hired gig workers using Amazon's Mechanical Turk, which is known for low pay, sometimes as low as 1 cent per task.
Controversial gig economy startup Rev has raised prices for customers amid criticism of underpaying contract workers
Contractors revealed to Business Insider that they make less than what the company advertises, and earn less than minimum wage.
'It feels cold and heartless': Hundreds of California freelancers have been fired before the holidays over a state law meant to help Uber and Lyft drivers
Business Insider spoke with eight freelancers, including five from Vox Media, who lost their jobs or were affected by California's new state law.
Rev contractors say they had to transcribe sexual assault and sensitive audio regarding children without receiving a warning
Multiple contractors for transcription startup Rev told Business Insider they listened to sensitive audio files regarding child and sex abuse.
The companies have pledged millions to fight the law, and are now taking their fight to the ballot box with a proposal for driver pay and benefits.
I offered to come back from maternity leave 3 days after I gave birth — and my employer said it wasn’t fast enough
Writer Melissa Petro says that pregnancy discrimination is still very much an issue in the workplace, particularly for freelancers.
People always want to know how much money I make driving for Uber and Lyft, so I decided to track every penny I made for one week.
Uber is set to launch Uber Works in Chicago on Friday - an app that matches gig workers with temporary work across a range of industries.
Amazon-backed Deliveroo grew its sales by 72% last year — but it's still smaller than rivals Uber Eats, Grubhub, and Just Eat
The UK meal-delivery group posted lower revenues than its rivals last year, and has fewer restaurants on its platform.
California's gig economy bill won't just impact Uber drivers. Here's how the landmark decision is a major win for janitors, truck drivers, and other low-wage workers.
US companies have been contracting out work to contractors for decades, leading to greater workplace safety violations and cutting employee benefits.
Assembly Bill 5, which would force Uber, Lyft and other gig-economy companies to treat workers as employees, was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Assembly Bill 5 "does not automatically reclassify any ride-share drivers from independent contractors to employees," Uber told reporters.
Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash are gearing up for a $90 million fight in California — here’s why they oppose the state’s new gig-worker bill and what they're proposing instead
The proposed law could have far-reaching ramifications for gig-economy companies. Many of the firms have proposed their own alternative.
California just passed a bill turning 'gig economy' workers into employees. Here's what Uber and Lyft have said.
The ride-hailing giants say the decision qualifies existing law, hurts workers by removing flexibility, and will lead to customers paying more.
California legislators are set to vote on a bill that could devastate Uber and Lyft's business model
Uber and Lyft don't want Assembly Bill 5, otherwise known as the Dynamex bill, to become law. It could force them to classify drivers as employees.
Pete Buttigieg joined a demonstration with Uber and Lyft drivers fighting for a minimum wage while his campaign spends heavily on the ride-hailing apps
Buttigieg's campaign spent $8,092 on Uber rides and $1,060 on Lyft rides during the first half of the year, election filings show.


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A recent survey has found that owners of Android phones are probably paying higher costs for their apps than people using iPhones.
In fact, market research firm Canalys revealed the difference would be about 2.5 percent more in price on average.
According to PCMag.com, the survey said it would cost $374.37 to buy the top 100 purchased apps among Androids, while the top 100 iPhone apps came to $147. Similar results were found in Germany, India, Singapore, and the U.K.
Canalys reported that 82 of Apple’s top 100 apps cost $0.99 in the U.S., while only 22 Androids were that price. According to Yahoo! News, the top ten apps among Androids were more expensive, averaging $3.47 per app compared to $0.99 for Apple. The top 20 apps show an average price of $1.04 for iPhone users and $4.09 for Androids.
Rachel Lashford, Canalys Managing Director called it a positive that developers can charge more for apps on Android and still make the top seller lists. But she added, “The reality is that with fewer people willing to purchase apps on Android than on iOS today, there is more of a necessity to do so.”
Senior Analyst, Tim Shepherd says the App Store environment is mature and closely controlled, but says the Android market is more open but also less secure and consumer friendly.
Tuaw.com reported that 19 apps showed up on both lists, and the cost was usually higher in most cases for Android apps.
January reports say that Androids have about 46.3 percent of the smart phone market in the United States while Apple makes up about 30 percent.


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Luxury eyewear chain Designer Eyes opens in Plaza Las Américas
Luxury eyewear chain Designer Eyes will open a new store in Plaza Las Américas today, becoming the second one on the island and the 11th for the chain established in 1974 in Florida.
The 1,700 square-foot location entailed a $1 million investment and is creating 25 jobs.
The new location, on the first level at the main entrance of the mall will offer an array of luxury sunglasses as well as optical solutions with the latest technology in vision care. Store officials said the store has an inventory of more than $1 million in merchandise.
Eyewear enthusiasts will be able to select among the best-known luxury brands in the market, such as Cartier, JMM, Dita Epiluxury, Chanel, and FRED, Costa del Mar, Celine, Ray Ban, Dior, Dolce Gabbana, and Oakley. There will also be brands available for children.
“Our new location in Puerto Rico offers an experience that only Designer Eyes can bring, designed with the client in mind who upon arriving will find a welcoming and inviting environments for all types of shoppers, who are as diverse as the inventory and services found at the store,” said Francisco Torres, manager of Designer Eyes.
“Puerto Rico has given us a warm welcome since we first entered the market and our team is focused on serving our local customers the same way, as well as the vast amount of international tourist that visit the island,” he said.
“At Designer Eyes luxury meets an exclusive customer experience, that’s our vision and that is what they will see at this and all our stores,” said Torres.
Designer Eyes also offers services and vision care solutions with the latest technology available, these include eyeglasses’ adjustments and repairs, digital eye exam, eyewear, and contact lenses with state-of-the-art digital technology.
Designer Eyes has also been designated as an authorized dealer of some of the main and most sought-after brands in the world, such as Cartier, Jacques Marie Mage, and Chrome Hearts.


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The official software program repository for the Python language, Python Package deal Index (PyPI)has been the topic of a posh provide chain assault that seems to have efficiently poisoned a minimum of two legit initiatives with credential-stealing malware, researchers mentioned Thursday.
P&PI officers said last week that undertaking contributors have been below a phishing assault trying to trick them into divulging their account login credentials. When profitable, the phishers used the compromised credentials to publish malware posing as the most recent model of legit initiatives related to the account. PyPI shortly eliminated the compromised updates and urged all contributors to make use of phishing-resistant types of two-factor authentication to higher shield their accounts.
At this time we acquired studies of a phishing marketing campaign concentrating on PyPI customers. That is the primary identified phishing assault in opposition to PyPI.
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— Python Package deal Index (@pypi) August 24, 2022
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Synthetic identity fraud to hit $5B in two years. Credit agency practices enabling crime
Could U.S. synthetic fraud losses in 2024 equal the valuation of five unicorns? That is what one digital ID verifier predicts.
Socure says in a new report that synthetic digital identity fraudsters will reap $5 billion in 2024 – double the estimated loss this year. Much of the fraud is designed to hide things like bad credit histories or criminal records.
The $5 billion total builds on synthetic fraud activity occurring now.
The company says that today there are 124 million U.S. households with one member who has at least one bank account. It assumes anywhere from 1 percent to 3 percent of all demand deposit accounts in banks and fintechs are synthetic persona frauds. Socure chose 2 percent as a middle ground.
That means 2.48 million biometrically enabled fake accounts now, and on average, each account will steal $1,000 this year, for a total of $2.48 billion.
When criminals are using real ID documents or Social Security accounts, they are creating fictitious accounts that use real IDs as camouflage – choosing common names, demographics and consumer traits.
This leads Socure to predict the account most likely to be bogus is in the name of Michael Smith, a 31-year-old born in August and living in a single-family home in Houston.
“Battling this kind of fraud poses many challenges and some can be traced to modern credit reporting practices and how fraudsters exploit them,” says Johnny Ayers, CEO of Socure.
Ayers contends that synthetic biometric fraud can be eradicated “within the next three years and stop the damage that bad actors are committing against consumers and our financial system,” using better, more precise tools available now. Those tools, he says can even reduce the friction typically used to rebuff fraudulent account applications.
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Users of the Ubuntu are also reporting issues with the patches aimed at mitigating the Meltdown and Spectre CPU exploits, with some systems having boot-up issues after installation.
Windows 10 November Update out for Release Preview, ISO also available
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Build 22000.282 fixes for Ryzen L3 cache performance issue, and more
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It appears that Microsoft's Spectre fix is bricking some AMD PCs, making them freeze on the Windows logo animation during boot-up. Microsoft is yet to comment on the issue affecting numerous PCs.
A new flaw in iOS can easily break almost any Apple device including the iPhone 6s Plus and the most recent iPads. And triggering it is as simple as manually setting your device to a specific date.
A team from the MIT university has created a new power adapter for use with laptops that is a quarter of the size and a sixth of the weight of current power 'brick' charging units.
If you ever owned a mobile phone in the early eighties, you'll remember that they were big and bulky, but offered days of standby due to the size of the battery. Want one?
Signal loss, continuous reboot loops, application bugs and battery life issues are just a few of the problems reported hours after the latest Android firmware 4.3, was released earlier this week.
The GDR2 update has only just begun shipping but already some folks are reporting serious issues with updated devices. It seems like some HTC devices are getting bricked because of a specific bug.
After a slew of Windows Phone 7 devices became bricked after applying the latest update, speculation says that Microsoft is releasing a patch to fix the phones affected, according to WPcentral. The problem seems to...


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A planning application has been submitted to transform the former department store at 8-18 King Street, which is
currently occupied by clothing retailer USC. Architectural drawings submitted as part of the plans show signs on the retail units for Sports Direct and high-end retailer Flannels.
Under the proposals, extra retail space would be created on the third floor of the premises, which was remodelled in the 1960s, and a ground floor café would also be added.
The capital costs for the project are expected to be £4.3 million and £30,000 has also been allocated under the Percentage for Art scheme to create a wall-mounted art panel.
Vesna Carnegie, from architects Axis Mason, said: ‘The existing footprint of the building is being maintained and the side elevation, in Don Street, will be opened up with big open windows so people will be able to see inside.’
The design statement submitted with the application states: ‘The building itself sits comfortably within the townscape in terms of mass. However, the overall appearance gives a horizontal impression and is at odds with the predominately vertical plot nature of the town.
‘The materials are dated and require updating.’
It is proposed to retain the footprint of the structure but to ‘upgrade’ the building’s street-facing façade with ‘high-quality pre-cast stone’.
It has also been proposed to create additional retail space in the building, which would increase the existing floorspace from 2,973 sq metres to 4,274 sq metres.
‘Additional floor will accommodate more retail area, future-proof the building and ensure long-term use through versatile footprint,’ the design statement says.
BHS, which purchased the site in 1966, shut its King Street doors in August 2016 after administrators failed to find a buyer for the struggling department store. Sixty Islanders lost their jobs with the company, which was reported to have debts of more than £1.3 billion nationally.
A few weeks later Flannels, Sports Direct’s high-end clothing franchise, revealed it had bought the shop for £18 million and intended to create 50 new jobs.
However, in December of the same year it emerged that USC, which is also owned by Sports Direct, was taking over the space temporarily during the festive period. USC has been based in the former department store since then.
Sports Direct currently has an out-of-town shop at Jersey Electricity’s Power House in Queen’s Road, which created 55 new jobs when it opened .
The JEP contacted Sports Direct to ask whether the Queen’s Road store would remain open if plans for the King Street shop were given approval but had received no comment at the time of going to print.


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We live in an age of wonder for consumer gadgets, and it’s only getting more wondrous. The latest trend is pocket-size labs, which let consumers do sophisticated chemistry tests as casually as they might snap a selfie.
Yet, even as I’ve marveled at the capacities of these miniature labs, I’ve wondered if people will really find a use for them.
Take SCiO for example; it’s a handheld scanner that uses spectroscopy to analyze the chemical composition of anything it’s pointed at. When a startup called Consumer Physics launched it on Kickstarter in 2014, enthusiastic backers contributed $2.7 million. When its inventors gave me a product demo back then, they talked about identifying foods for diet tracking and checking medications to make sure they’re not counterfeit.
Now, after two years of typical Kickstarter product delays, the SCiO is being shipped out to developers and early backers. And the first third-party app in the works for it, DietSensor, conforms to the SCiO inventors’ ideas. Users will simply point their SCiO scanners at “homogenous foods” (think mashed potatoes, says the app’s FAQ page, not a sandwich), and their smartphones will automatically display a breakdown of the food’s nutrients and enter the data into a diet tracking log.
I don’t know about you, but that app doesn’t convince me that the SCiO is useful. I eat a lot more sandwiches than mashed potatoes.
But Consumer Physics recently announced a partnership with Analog Devices, Inc. to build a slew of new SCiO-enabled apps; the announcement referred vaguely to wearable, medical, and industrial uses. So I put the question to Consumer Physics CEO Dror Sharon in a phone call: How can this fancy technology really become part of people’s lives?
“It’s surprising to see what people come up with once they have these capabilities,” Sharon said. “It’s beyond what we expected, such as checking the nutritional value or freshness of food.” He mentioned students working on a smart recycling bin that could detect different kinds of plastic, quantified selfers interested in determining their body fat percentages, and vigilant new mothers who want to know the nutritional value of their own breast milk.
Like many a CEO with a cool technology and a developer kit, Sharon said he’s providing a platform, and that we probably can’t even imagine all the clever apps that people will come up with. “Imagine one or two years from now, when this is in millions of consumer devices,” he said. “It opens up a new space, because there are problems you can solve with this sensor that can’t be solved any other way today.”
I was still trying hard to imagine this optimistic future when I checked out the developer forum on Consumer Physics’s website. And there at the top were two threads that finally made sense to me. They proposed apps to test the purity of illegal drugs, starting with ecstasy.
The idea came from several developers who work in harm reduction, a public health approach that prioritizes providing drug users with safer conditions. Ecstasy is often cut with other substances, ranging from inert fillers to dangerous chemicals, but since most labs won’t test illegal drugs, users have no way of checking what they’re taking. This situation sounds like a problem that the SCiO can solve, which indeed can’t be solved any other way today—although it might not be what Consumer Physics wants to be known for.
But another company with a pocket-sized lab is embracing applications involving recreational drugs. When the California startup MyDx began selling its smartphone-size chemical analyzer last August, its first offering was a marijuana analyzer and app.
The CannaDx system works like an e-nose, CEO Daniel Yazbeck told me. The user grinds up a tiny bit of the cannabis bud to volatilize its chemical constituents, then inserts the disposable cartridge into the device. Inside, 16 different sensors respond to the chemicals and an algorithm compares the sensor output to a reference database. CannaDx measures that particular plant’s mix of natural compounds, including the commonly known THC and other so-called cannabinoids, which account for pot’s potency and its physical and mental effects.
Different strains of marijuana have different characteristics, but those traits aren’t obvious when you’re just looking at a green bud, Yazbeck explained. So the CannaDx phone app displays the analyzed bud’s chemical profile and lists the ailments it might help (such as anxiety, pain, or epilepsy) as well as the feelings it might elicit (like happy, focused, energetic, or relaxed).
The company has sold more than 1,000 of the $700 devices already. “A lot of folks in the cannabis industry are buying, because they have nothing else working for them,” Yazbeck said.
Most of his customers are in the marijuana business. Growers who want to optimize their procedures are keeping track of growing conditions and using CannaDx to chart the resulting plants’ characteristics. Dispensaries are using it to determine exactly what they’re buying and selling, which enables them to recommend strains based on likely effects.
And now that Yazbeck has a working device, he’s developing other applications. First will be a system to check foods for pesticides, and down the line he may bring out apps to test water and air quality. “Cannabis was the trigger for everything else,” he said. “Now we can expand to the broader general population, and make it work for the consumer.”
But those other applications don’t get Yazbeck excited the way his marijuana app does. “There’s a gold mine in cannabis science,” Yazbeck said. So for this pocket-size lab, at least, finding killer weed is indeed the killer app.


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We're starting a new weekly series where we cover the top headlines that happened each week in the trucking industry. To help you stay on track and be up to date with what's going on in the world today, be sure to check in each week for an update!
With all the news in the past couple of months being focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, these are the 3 most important trucking headlines we think are important for you to know:
There was an announcement that TA opened a new Texas truck stop off of I-30 at Exit 147. It used to be Duke's Travel Plaza! "The Mt. Vernon location features amenities including 53 truck parking spaces, Cotton Belt BBQ and Taco Casa restaurants, private showers, laundry facilities, and an “elaborate dog park” (Ashley). They also announced that they will be opening a Tennessee location in the first quarter of 2021. This location will have 300 truck parking spots and will be located off I-24 at exit 135. "Other planned amenities include Papa John’s, Bojangles’ and Betty’s Kitchen restaurants, a barbershop, a fitness center, a driver’s lounge, and pet washing facilities" (Ashley). It all sounds awesome for truck drivers!!
For more details on these new openings, check it out here!
By John Snell
The fight against the Coronavirus pandemic is continuous... With more people understanding that truck drivers move our economy, they are feeling more appreciated than ever during the times now. As the article says, "The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to the fact that America’s economy rolls on the back of the nation’s trucking fleet" (John Snell). New and veteran drivers are saying that the coronavirus has come with new challenges that they have never seen before. With it being hard to find showers, parking, food, etc. They are under even more stress than before! Some drivers are worried that small transportation companies might end up going under if this continues for more months. Small companies don't have as many big contracts as those of large trucking companies. The way this will end is unknown, but we appreciate truckers today and always!
Check out more on the ways truckers are feeling appreciated by clicking here!
By The Trucker News Staff
In light of all that is going on, the Mack engineers have come together to help produce protective equipment! "Mack Trucks donated about 500 pieces of personal protective equipment that were manufactured at its Lehigh Valley Operations (LVO) plant in Macungie, Pennsylvania (The Trucker News Staff). They also began producing ear guards for extra protection to those that are wearing face masks. Not only has Mack donated and made many personal protection items, but they also donated money recently. "They donated $10,000 to the Second Harvest Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley and Northeast Pennsylvania to help those with food insecurity" (The Trucker News Staff). We are thankful for companies like this that help out in any way they can!
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The news article titled “Amazon Used Secret ‘Project Nessie’ Algorithm to Raise Prices” published in The Wall Street Journal discusses the use of a secretive algorithm called ‘Project Nessie’ by Amazon to increase prices of products. The algorithm, which was reportedly developed by Amazon’s retail team, analyzes customer data and predicts their willingness to pay more. This algorithm is believed to have been in use since 2017 and has led to higher prices for certain goods on the platform.
The article highlights that this practice raises concerns about Amazon’s dominance in the e-commerce market and its potential impact on competition. Critics argue that the use of such algorithms can harm consumers by limiting their choices and forcing them to pay higher prices. Additionally, the article mentions that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Amazon’s antitrust practices, including the use of algorithms like ‘Project Nessie,’ as this could be seen as a violation of fair competition laws.
In conclusion, Amazon’s secret ‘Project Nessie’ algorithm has come to the forefront, raising questions about its impact on competition and consumer welfare. The algorithm’s ability to increase prices based on customer data has raised concerns about Amazon’s dominance in the market and potential harm to customers. The scrutiny by the FTC suggests that there may be legal implications for Amazon if its practices are found to be in violation of antitrust laws.


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Wunderkind, the leading AI-powered cross-channel performance marketing platform, today revealed why Kurt Geiger chose to implement its infrastructure across the luxury brands’ portfolio of sites to drive global expansion.
Kurt Geiger saw incredible results with Wunderkind on its UK-based flagship website, but when expanding solutions to other brands and regions it deployed a team of best-in-class engineers to build an in-house solution. The team attempted to reverse-engineer Wunderkind’s tactics and replicate the triggers, cadences, and creative that Wunderkind was delivering.
After spending months building their in-house triggered email and opt-in marketing solutions, Kurt Geiger saw a modest lift in conversions over the out-of-the-box solutions, but nothing came close to the results Wunderkind was delivering on the flagship site. The decision to scrap their own build and implement Wunderkind across additional sites quickly delivered:
- 2x increase in weekly email acquisition to over 10K.
- 40% lift in data volume, as well as significant increase in data quality with Wunderkind, which was 111% better than the typical ESP solution.
- 151% increase in conversions from triggered emails.
“What surprised me is how fast they beat our ROI model,” said Gareth Rees-John, Chief Digital Officer at Kurt Geiger. “So rapidly, it was evident that Wunderkind’s campaigns were delivering far in excess of the revenues that we had delivered on our own solution. Their ROI model pays for itself, but the additional efficiency and value they deliver on top of guaranteed revenue makes my marketing go much further.”
According to Kurt Geiger, the undeniable difference-maker was Wunderkind’s data, AI engine, and identity graph, which are built on 13 years of historical data and best practice experience. Wunderkind’s identity solution was critical to recognizing traffic that was unknown to Kurt Geiger, and its intelligence then allowed them to craft optimized offers that led to the tremendous lift in revenue from triggered emails, as well as how they delivered opt-in offers.
In the year ahead, identity solutions are going to become increasingly important as cookies begin to sunset and political ad dollars flood the market, making remarketing ad inventory both expensive and scarce. Brands that have strong solutions for boosting email and SMS channels will win over those anchored to paid remarketing channels powered on cookies.
“After nearly a decade, traditional retargeting tactics are going away and identity solutions are becoming the foundation of the future,” said Tim Glomb, VP of Digital, Content, and AI at Wunderkind. “No brands should be building tools and they probably don’t even need SaaS as much as they think. They need partners who provide specific outcomes like guaranteed revenue and a lift in first-party data acquisition over logins to tools.”


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Those of us who follow retail are dying to know what some companies' plans are to make this holiday season -- one that's expected to be a challenging one at best, given concerns about consumer spending -- a success. Last week, I spoke to a spokeswoman for Target
Lena Michaud, senior manager of communications for Target, fleshed out some of the retailer's holiday cheer. Of course, it plans to stick to its "brand promise," which is providing differentiated merchandise year round (always expected from Target). It's also got a ton of gift cards, both holiday-oriented and general; I liked the line of limited-edition gift cards with clever touches, such as one that doubles as a flashlight and another that's also a box of crayons.
When it comes to drumming up extra excitement, the company's also got an addition for the gift-giving season, dubbed "WOW or never."
It's WOW or never
"WOW or never" is a limited-time sweepstakes through which 20 specific products purchased with customers' Target "REDcard" credit cards automatically enter the purchasers into a sweepstakes to win some aspirational prizes. The sweepstakes starts Nov. 25 and ends Dec. 1. For example, buy an Isaac Mizrahi trench coat, and you're entered to win a New York designer experience with Mizrahi and Sonia Kashuk. Or pick up a copy of Tony Hawk's Proving Ground limited edition video game, and you could win a trip for two to Los Angeles to meet Tony Hawk at Activision's
To my way of thinking, though, some of the products and prizes seem to have a little more "wow" than others. For example, one of the featured products is Sony's
Whether you consider the sweepstakes Christmas-y or corny, maybe Target doesn't really have to provide too much additional "wow" for its customer base in the first place. Although Michaud acknowledged that there will be some discounts on products for limited times, it doesn't sound like any drastic, desperate preemptive price-cutting is planned, although Target will have its two-day sale on Black Friday and the following Saturday (with a 6 a.m. opening on Friday).
Tough times in tinseltown?
There is, of course, an elephant in the room: Wal-Mart
Despite Wal-Mart's big, aggressive move, it looks like many retailers are going to play this game of chicken carefully. If Target doesn't sound like it's going to do a no-holds-barred bout of slashing, maybe it's not alone. (And Target said in its third-quarter conference call that it hasn't really noticed major changes from last year, despite investors' concern about a consumer slowdown.) Given concerns about consumer strength, tight inventory control is a list that retailers are checking twice this year. It's one thing to make strategic price cuts to increase customer traffic, but it's quite another to slash prices to move merchandise.
Investors have two ways to look at Target's holiday initiatives -- to suspect Target is just not trying hard enough this pivotal year, or to suspect it's a retailer that actually doesn't have to. I'm leaning toward the latter. October was a recent bright spot for Target, as consumers reacted favorably to its Halloween merchandise.


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Sizzling meats, scooped yogurt, and Sci-Fi-like customer service were some of the many sights of the 2022 National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago, May 21-24. Also seen at the show was Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Daniel Whitley.
“If you don’t eat good food when you’re in Chicago, it’s your own fault,” Whitley said. And good food is what he ate. In fact, Whitley sampled cuisine from at least seven U.S. states, including Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and New York.
“Bang Bang” bacon-wrapped sausage and grilled pork loins from Minnesota’s Compart Family Farms were among the tastiest foods Whitley sampled. Compart Family Farms began four generations ago as a 4-H project and is now is one of the largest family-owned swine genetics businesses in the Midwest. Compart’s Duroc hogs are bred, born, and raised on small farms where family members are involved in the daily management of their stock. The breeding program is the result of more than 55 years of combining purebred lines of the Duroc breed.
To quench his thirst, Whitley visited Morning Light Kombucha’s booth and sipped Melinda Williamson’s locally brewed and sustainably produced kombucha. Williamson owns the Native American business, which is part of the Intertribal Agriculture Council’s American Indian Foods Program. She partners with northeast Kansas farmers as a part of her commitment to sustainable agricultural practices and supporting local food systems and economies.
To top it all off, Whitley spotted Walter Brooks showcasing condiments and barbecue sauces — signature items of Georgia-based Brooksmade Gourmet Foods. The two met at Gulfood in February during the USDA Agribusiness Trade Mission to Dubai. Gulfood was a successful event for Brooksmade, as the Georgia-based company secured a new sales contract. It was a pleasant and joyful reunion.
Approximately 51,000 registrants attended the 2022 National Restaurant Association Show in a global city that Whitley believes is “the best food city in America.” In addition, 500 exhibitors participated in the international showcase for the first time this year.
The American Food Fair Pavilion, where Whitley met with exhibitors and sampled products, is organized by the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA). In collaboration with FAS, the American Food Fair Pavilion gives small and medium-sized U.S. food and beverage companies the global exposure that is integral to their development and advancement in a highly competitive and growing international market. The USDA-supported event hosted more than 300 overseas buyers from 15 countries, thanks to recruitment from FAS posts across the world.
Also helping dish out the diverse American cuisines were 20 state departments of agriculture and several FAS cooperator groups, as well as Food Export Midwest, the Intertribal Agriculture Council, and the Western United States Agricultural Trade Association.
American Food Fair exhibitors projected approximately $8.9 million in U.S. export sales, according to NASDA. Of those, 57 exhibitors reported they expected new sales to foreign buyers interested supplying their hotels, restaurants, resorts, retailers, and food supplier services with U.S. food and beverage products.
Mark your 2023 calendar for May 20-23 for next year’s show. For more information, visit: https://fas.usda.gov/topics/trade-shows/national-restaurant-association-show-1.


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NEW DELHI: Two days right into a 21-day lockdown, India’s vastly disrupted provide chain for important commodities struggled to get going within the face of a contemporary set of challenges — truckers abandoning automobiles on highways, producers working out of stock and supply brokers of e-tailers refusing to enterprise out for worry of police harassment — whilst state governments and native authorities appeared to take away a number of the roadblocks that had stalled the distribution community on the primary day.
Transporters’ associations and members of the Agriculture Produce Market Committee mentioned the Centre’s determination to exempt items vehicles from freeway toll had made little distinction as a result of drivers and helpers had began abandoning stranded automobiles in anticipation of a protracted logjam.
With vehicles unable to succeed in their locations, wholesale markets have been hit by a scarcity of agricultural produce. “Drivers have began abandoning vehicles and mountaineering again dwelling, even when these locations are 200-300km from the place they’re. We request the Centre to urgently ask the states, notably collectors, to produce meals and water to our stranded drivers,” Bal Malkit Singh, chairman of the All India Motor Transport Congress, mentioned.
“We’re additionally below lockdown, in any other case we’d be making preparations for our drivers.” The All India Transport Welfare Affiliation estimates that about 30 lakh vehicles are caught on highways. Within the FMCG sector, Britannia CEO Varun Berry flagged the danger of the packaged meals trade run ning out of shares in per week to 10 days if the availability chain wasn’t normalised instantly.
“The meals trade provide chain is disaggregated and depending on interstate motion of products. As a result of nature of the supplies, inventories throughout the chain are low. If even one hyperlink within the provide chain is damaged, the nation might run out of shares of packaged meals within the subsequent 710 days,” he mentioned.
Many staples have already vanished from the cabinets of supermarkets and native kirana shops. The motion of uncooked supplies has been curtailed too, forcing corporations like Britannia, Parle and Unibic to chop manufacturing. Britannia CEO Varun Berry’s remarks have been one of many strongest by an FMCG agency. Parle had expressed considerations, and Metro Money & Carry India had mentioned it was unable to open its wholesale shops due to police threatening its workers.
Biscuit maker Unibic, whose sole manufacturing unit on the outskirts of Bengaluru has been shut since Sunday, has been going through issues in transporting uncooked materials resembling palm oil, flavours and cashew nuts for its cookies. In Assam and another states, many migrant vegetable distributors have returned dwelling as it’s unprofitable to arrange store when there is a extreme scarcity of produce and no capital to purchase what’s out there. Prem Chandra Shah, a wholesale vendor in Guwahati, returned to Bihar on Thursday.
“First there was disruption attributable to anti-CAA/NRC protests and now attributable to coronavirus. Too many losses in a brief span of time,” he mentioned. V R Soundarajan, president of the Koyambedu Wholesale Merchants’ Affiliation in Chennai, informed TOI that about 350 vehicles arrive from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala on a traditional day. “At the moment, solely 150 vehicles got here; all over the place we’re listening to tales of automobiles being stopped at state entry factors. About Rs 1.2 crore value of flowers from Karnataka had been dumped at present on the Bengaluru-Chennai freeway With greens, we will not even quantify the loss,” he mentioned. The Centre is establishing acontrol room and coordinating with states for entry of automobiles, sources mentioned.
A taskforce has been set as much as work with state governments on quicker issuance of passes inside metropolis limits, and for fast entry of automobiles by means of inter-state borders. For e-comm gamers like Amazon, Flipkart, BigBasket, Grofers, Swiggy and Zomato, getting curfew passes to renew operations is now not the one problem. Whereas the police authorities in metros like Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru have assured them of curfew passes, these firms at the moment are going through points in taking new orders and fulfilling the prevailing backlog. (Contributions by Rachel Chitra, Digbijay Mishra, Madhav Chanchani, Avik Das in Bengaluru & Pankhuri Yadav & Paras Singh in Delhi)


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As parts of the Inland Empire experience a rash of thefts from community mailboxes, U.S. postal authorities caution customers to empty the receptacles every day.
The mailboxes, also known as cluster boxes, are cemented into the ground in many shopping centers and newer housing developments to allow letter carries to deposit mail for a dozen or more customers in only one location.
The boxes, however, are also convenient for criminals who are hunting for credit cards, checks and personal information that can be sold. Stacia Crane, a spokeswoman for the Postal Inspection Service, said thieves often trade their bounty for drugs.
âWhere thereâs meth, thereâs theft,â Crane said.
Her advice: âTake the mail out. Donât leave it there overnight. You are inviting someone to break in.â
Postal authorities say the customer is responsible for the purchase, installation and maintenance of cluster boxes.
Bryan MacMurtrie is division manager for Mailboxes R Us, which sells and installs the cluster boxes. He said his company, based in Yorba Linda, receives about three calls per day to replace burgled cluster boxes.
MacMurtrie said he is seeing more thefts than usual in Lake Elsinore, Corona, Riverside and Perris. His busiest times are around Christmas and about now, when tax-refund checks are being mailed.
âItâs every year,â MacMurtrie said.
Perris resident Tom Ciosek, 67, said one of the cluster boxes near his home was recently broken into. He added that postal officials told him mail was stolen from 200 cluster boxes in the Perris area around Christmas.
âThieves have found out there is lots of money and gift cards in them,â Ciosek said.
Tom Jerele, 64, site manager for the 20-business Sundance Center in Moreno Valley, said that strip mall has been victimized at least three times in the past six months. After thieves broke into one of the two 16-slot cluster boxes through the back, Jerele reinforced the back with metal bars.
A crook then broke in through the front.
Jerele said Vanessa Lumpkin, postmaster at the Moreno Valley office on Alessandro Boulevard, told him that there has been a spate of thefts from cluster boxes in the city. Lumpkin referred a reporterâs questions to the Postal Inspection Service.
Crane, that agencyâs spokeswoman, said stolen business mail could affect customer privacy and companiesâ financial security.


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German Car Manufacturer BMW has confirmed that its Windows Phone app DriveNow will no longer be available for Windows Phone users. The company would be more interested in putting its entire focus on iOS and Android.
Generally the Windows Phone users are provided with alternatives when an Official app is being removed from the Store. But in this case there is no such workaround. But Windows Phone users can still use a third party app called Free2Move which comes with similar features and is supported for BMW’s DriveNow apart from other car sharing services like car2go.
BMW in response to an email said:
“Thank you very much for your email. Unfortunately, the latest version of our app does not support Windows Phone. However, you can always reserve a vehicle with a free call at our customer service at 0 800 07 07 02. You can then open it with the customer card. Customer service is available around the clock,” an official statement from the company reads.
BMW is not the first company to leave the Windows Phone platform due to its market share going below 0.5 percent and more users and developers willing to use and develop apps for iOS and Android which account for more than 95% of the Smartphone market.


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Apple'smay have more to do with the sheer volume of sales than any problems with the graphics chips, according to numbers from market research firm NPD.
Stephen Baker, NPD's vice president of industry analysis, told CNET on Monday that for October and November, Mac desktop sales were up 74 percent over the same period last year. While NPD did not break the numbers down by desktop model, it's clear the iMac is a top seller.
In fact, the 27-inch iMac appears to be selling so well, it could account for the shipping delay that Apple apologized for on Sunday.
"It's not surprising Apple would be having problems supplying them [iMacs]," said Baker. "I can't imagine in their wildest dreams they would have thought they would sell like this."
Reports over the weekend suggested Apple was delaying shipments of the 27-inch iMac due to reported problems with the graphics card. While those issues remain, it may not be the root cause of the delay.
The surge in Mac sales was not limited to the 27-inch model. Baker said that the 21.5-inch iMac and the Mac mini are also doing very well.
Piper Jaffray financial analyst Gene Munster estimated in a research note to clients on Monday that Apple could sell 2.9 million to 3 million Macs for the current quarter, according to a report on AppleInsider. Munster cautioned that approximately 50 percent of all Mac sales for the quarter happen in December, so that number could change.
Mac notebooks saw a 5 percent increase for October and November, while iPod sales were down 11 percent year-over-year for the same time period.


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- TransferWise, a UK-based money transfer startup, reported revenue growth of 53%, and post-tax income of $12.7 million for the year ended in March.
- That comes as some upstarts in the financial services industry have struggled to turn profits as they spend on scaling their businesses and adding products.
- International expansion is a top priority for the fast-growing fintech.
UK-based money-transfer startup TransferWise logged a surge in revenue and higher profit for the year ended in March, and is focused on international expansion.
That comes as some other upstarts in the financial services industry struggle to turn a profit while keeping prices competitive and spending heavily on growing their businesses and adding new products. The cross-border money transfer firm was founded in 2011 and has consistently reported profits since 2017.
UK-based neobank Monzo, for example, has reported wider losses even as its net interest income grows. This is a common theme, where hiring costs and product development slow profitability.
TransferWise achieved its first profit six years after its 2011 launch. Even so, back in 2015, co-founder Taavet Hinrikus told Business Insider: "Profitability is something that on a market by market basis we're obviously looking at very carefully. As a business as a whole, we're happy to be not profitable for a while to come."
TransferWise is backed by investors including Lead Edge Capital (which also backed Uber and Spotify), Andreessen Horowitz (early backer of Facebook and Lyft), Valar Ventures (backer of Stash and N26), and entrepreneur Richard Branson. To date, TransferWise has raised a total of $689 million, and was last valued at $3.5 billion as of May, following a secondary share sale.
Last year, TransferWise launched a borderless account and multi-currency debit card in partnership with Mastercard. Initially piloted in the UK, the account and debit card was rolled out to US customers in June. With 6 million customers globally, TransferWise processes $4.9 billion in payments each month.
TransferWise charges fees around 1% for cross-border transfers, whereas the global average cross-border transaction fee is closer to 7%. TransferWise says that more than 20% of its transfers are delivered in less than 20 seconds.
TransferWise said revenue jumped 53% to $222 million for the fiscal year ending March 2019. Net income after tax was $12.7 million, up from $8 million in 2018.
In the US, the TransferWise borderless debit cards is the first product of its kind on the market, according to the company. TransferWise is competing with legacy US firms MoneyGram and Western Union, who are also working to streamline multi-currency P2P transfers.
"International expansion has stayed at the top of our agenda," CEO and co-founder Kristo Käärmann in a statement.
In June, Western Union announced a partnership with Visa Direct to provide direct to Visa debit card cross-border transfers. Last week, MoneyGram announced a similar partnership with Visa, focusing first on US transactions before expanding to multi-currency P2P transfers.


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The Google Nexus 6P might no longer be the flagship offering it was a couple years ago, but the phone is still one of the best to have come from the search giant over the years.
Made by Huawei, the Google Nexus 6P is only one of the few devices that have been updated to the latest Android 8.1 Oreo, which started rolling out earlier this month. This is a stable build of Oreo and with it, users of the Nexus 6P get stability improvements alongside other refinements to features they received with the original update to Android 8.0 Oreo.
As devices grow older, different performance issues start showing up. Over time, many users of the Google Nexus 6P have complained about connectivity issues related to Bluetooth. This has especially been the case when using the phone to listen to music in cars. Some users have reported cases of having no audio at all and in order to get the connection through, some have been forced to switch between radio and Bluetooth and in other cases, no information was being displayed on the track, among other issues.
If this has been you, the latest update to Android 8.1 Oreo is something you might want to get right away, just in case you are yet to download and install it. After 8.1, it seems all of these issues are no more, which should be great news for many Google Nexus 6P users out there who have been experiencing Bluetooth connectivity issues.
Have you updated your Google Nexus 6P to the latest Android 8.1 Oreo? Have you noticed any changes to how Bluetooth now works with your car? Let us know your experience via the comments section below.


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SUPERMARKET price cuts will wipe nearly #2billion off the nation's shopping bill next year, a new survey claims.
Consultancy Verdict yesterday said Tesco and Sainsbury's are set to battle it out for Safeway's former customers.
This will knock 0.6 per cent off product prices - or #1.7bn.
"A far larger proportion of customers are up for grabs than usual," said Verdict.
"We therefore expect competition to intensify and anticipate further price reductions."
Morrisons bought Safeway for #3bn two years ago, but has struggled to win customers over to its ranges.
Verdict said many dissatisfied shoppers had already moved over to Sainsbury's.
Analyst Gavin Rothwell added Tesco has captured more than half of the growth seen in the sector over the past five years.
"This is a phenomenal achievement," he said.


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Steve Ballmer Expects Windows Phone Volumes To ‘Ramp Quickly’
Windows Phone 8, the natural evolution of the Microsoft mobile platform, has been announced in June but it is only recently that we’ve seen the platform and its features in its entirety at the Windows Phone 8 event on October 29. It’s predecessors didn’t quite manage to grab a significant market share but Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is confident the platform will soon turn into a solid third ecosystem and alternative to Android and iOS.
While expecting Windows Phone sales to grow really fast, Ballmer acknowledged that “we are still relatively small”, but “with the work we have done with Nokia, HTC, Samsung and others … there is now an opportunity to create really a strong third participant in the smartphone market”, the CEO said while on stage in Tel Aviv for the local Windows 8 launch.
Microsoft is prepared to spend some serious cash in advertising and marketing, and, as Ballmer stated, Windows 8, the Surface tablet and Windows Phone will enjoy more of those than any previous Microsoft product.


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Nexen Tire America, Inc. a worldwide leader in high-performance, passenger, SUV / light truck and winter tires, has brought the Nexen Hero Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon to the 2019 SEMA Show to highlight the build details of the off-road ready rig which will be given away to a well-deserving U.S. military veteran during the week of Dec. 16 as part of the Nexen Hero III program. The Nexen Hero Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, in Booth No. 61012 was customized by renowned Jeep builder All J Products in Big Bear Lake. The build features a complete makeover thanks to aftermarket Jeep components from Rugged Ridge and Nexen’s top-of-the-line 37-inch Roadian MTX Xtreme Mud Terrain off-road tires which solidify its off-road prowess.
The third campaign, which runs until Dec. 3, continues to help fulfill Nexen Tire’s mission of bringing national awareness to our U.S. military veterans by sharing their stories of courage and sacrifice. Nexen Tire has also committed to match up to $30,000 in donations made to The Purple Heart Foundation through the www.NexenTireUSA.com/NexenHero webpage during the giveaway period. Donations made during the giveaway period will benefit the National Service Officer Program — an organization which serves thousands of veterans nationwide. Last year, the program helped nearly 12,000 veterans file medical claims worth nearly $200 million in lifetime medical benefits. Nexen Tire invites veterans from all branches of the U.S. armed forces to enter for a chance to receive the Nexen Hero Jeep Wrangler Rubicon.
For the previous Nexen Hero campaign, Nexen Tire honored retired Army Master Sgt. Brian Porter as the recipient of the Nexen Hero Jeep Gladiator on Aug. 7 – National Purple Heart Day. Porter was the second Purple Heart Medal Recipient to receive a customized vehicle equipped with Nexen tires. The program’s first campaign titled ‘American Muscle for American Heroes’ presented retired Marine Cpl. Steven Diaz with the Nexen Hero Purple Heart Dodge Challenger R/T. Both vehicles featured handpicked tire selections from Nexen Tire’s current product lineup.
For the Rubicon, Nexen Tire selected All J Products as the exclusive build partner for its reputation in the Jeep community, along with its passion for supporting the U.S. military, which made them a perfect fit for Nexen Tire’s mission. The Nexen Hero Jeep Wrangler Rubicon features some of the most sought-after Jeep components from Rugged Ridge, as well as one-of-a-kind Nexen Tire graphics which help differentiate the Nexen Hero Jeep Wrangler Rubicon from every other Jeep in the nation.
The complete build list of Rugged Ridge components used on the Nexen Hero Jeep Wrangler Rubicon includes:
- Arcus Front Stubby Bumper
- HD Series Rear Bumper
- RRC Rocker Guard Kit
- Front- and Rear-Fenders, Fender Chop Bracket Kit with integrated Daytime Running Lights
- XHD 17×9.5-inch wheels finished in Gun Metal Silver
- Low-Profile Roof Rack with integrated cargo basket
- 12,500-pound Trekker Winch featuring a wireless remote, waterproof design
- Fortis Front- and Rear-Tube Doors
- Cowl Light-Bar Bracket, Havoc Off-Road Black-Out Series 40-Inch LED Light Bar
- Spartacus HD Tire Mount Hinge Casting
- Spartacus HD Tire Mount Wheel Carrier
- LED Third Brake Light Ring
- Modular XHD Low-Mount Snorkel System
- Elite Headlight Guards
“Nexen Tire is committed now more than ever to helping bring national awareness to the sacrifices made by U.S. military veterans and their families and it was an honor to have the opportunity to highlight this vehicle at the biggest automotive aftermarket show in the world,” said John Hagan, executive VP of sales for Nexen Tire America Inc. “For this year, building an incredible vehicle featuring Nexen tires for a well-deserving veteran wasn’t enough. Nexen Tire is raising the bar by matching donations made at NexenTireUSA.com/NexenHero so we can continue to give back to those who deserve it. Donate today to make a difference in a veteran’s life and help support our mission of serving those who served our country.”
The nomination period runs until Dec. 3 and the recipient will be announced live on national TV during the week of Dec. 16. To be eligible, nominees must be honorably discharged veterans from the U.S. armed services, subject to verification by the nominees’ DD-214 form and be willing to consent to a background check. The Nexen Hero Jeep Wrangler Rubicon recipient will be selected by Nexen Tire America, Inc. representatives in collaboration with the Purple Heart Foundation based on a variety of factors, including their overall military service and ongoing commitment to their community.
To nominate a veteran, make a donation to the Purple Heart Foundation and for official giveaway rules, visit http://www.nexentireusa.com/nexenhero.


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SAN FRANCISCO, May 5, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO, May 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The global specialty oleochemicals market size is projected to reach USD 36.2 billion by 2027, expanding at a revenue-based CAGR of 7.7%, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. The fluctuating petrochemical price is one of the major factors driving the shift in the trend toward sustainable chemicals.
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The consumption of specialty oleochemicals is expected to rise significantly in the coming years as a consequence of increasing demand for food, pharmaceutical, and personal care products. The demand for personal care products has witnessed growth due to an increase in disposable income, product innovation, and high market penetration in the last few years.
The growing need for biodegradable products, along with the implementation of stringent regulations on the use of petrochemicals, is anticipated to affect the market positively over the forecast period. The volatility of essential oil prices and increasing concerns regarding food security in many developing nations have raised the threat of using vegetable oil for industrial purposes.
In the past few years, the industry has witnessed various changes in manufacturing technologies and product offerings. For instance, KLK Oleo offers palmfonate, which is used as a cleaning ingredient in laundry detergents. Palmfonate is made from renewable natural resources and provides superior detergency, excellent biodegradability, and enhanced calcium hardness tolerance during the washing process.
The industry is highly competitive in nature, owing to the presence of a large number of industry participants. However, the market for specialty oleochemicals is still in its growing phase. Increasing product awareness to broaden the market prospects is expected to be one of the major trends among industry participants.
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Thursday, October 12, 2023
Mahira Khan gave a shoutout to Pakistani fashion designer Khadija Shah for creating one of her bridal outfits that she flaunted in more glimpses from her wedding extravaganza, the latest thing to delight the superstar's followers on Instagram.
Draped in a chic yellow sari, Mahira showed off her henna-fied hands palms as she posed sitting on a swing in a set of new pictures she posted on the popular social platform.
The Maula Jatt actor continues to provide her admirers with lovely tidbits from her idyllic wedding at a hill resort in northern Pakistan, which took place last Sunday.
The renowned actor wed her close friend Salim Karim in a private ceremony, leaving online viewers in awe of her graceful appearance.
Mahira has already shared a few of the most memorable moments from her wedding festivities.
Today, she shared clicks of herself donning a beautiful embellished sari.
"My Khadija made this sari for me... Pray for you everyday, K."
She went for a natural, no-makeup look to get her mehndi done as yellow bangles added a dash of colour to one of her wrists.
Additionally, according to her pictures, it seems she tied her sleek hair in a braid to avoid the hassle during the henna-application session.
Mahira's post quickly garnered admiring comments from her followers, with one follower saying: "Sabse pyari Mahira."
Another fan commented: "The bangles, Mehdi, open hair and mk smile ufff."
A third one, referencing an Indian movie song, added: "Alexa! Play 'Kabira (encore)' from YJHD."


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Accenture Interactive has forecast that it will increase revenue more than 20% this year.
The digital marketing services division of Accenture claims growth is mostly organic, although the company has acquired several digital marketing agencies in the past year to expand.
Accenture Interactive is on course to surpass $10 billion in revenue this year after reaching $8.5 billion by August 2018, according to Campaign.
Previous agency acquisitions such as Fjord, Karmarama, The Monkeys and SinnerSchrader have increased sales organically, Rowland said.
Accenture Interactive estimated it will spend $1.3 billion on acquisitions this year.
The company in April made the biggest acquisition in its 10-year history with the purchase of creative agency Droga5 for an estimated $475 million.
“It is fundamentally an organic-driven business where we have used the strategic acquisitions as really an igniter, if you will, of the organic growth,” David Rowland, interim CEO of parent company Accenture, said last week on a quarterly earnings call with analysts.
Smaller, independent agencies operating in a highly competitive market might view Accenture as a more desirable buyer.
David Droga, the founder of Droga5, last month summed up the changing dynamics of the agency business while speaking on stage at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, according to Campaign’s report.
In an appearance with Brian Whipple, global chief executive of Accenture Interactive, Droga said he sold his agency to the consulting firm rather than a traditional agency group because of its more holistic approach to the customer experience.
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Amazon and telecom brands spend big on paid search
Mid-year report reveals retail spend up 24% year-on-year
UK retail spend on paid search increased 24% year-on-year in the first half of 2016, according to new research released today by the Kantar Media company AdGooroo.
According to the study – which examined Google.co.uk desktop text ad activity on the top 250 retail product keywords during the six months up to July 2016 – advertisers spent £26.7 million on the keywords examined in the first half of the year, compared with £21.6 million during the same period of 2015. Online giant Amazon.co.uk led the field in spend in the first six months of 2016, followed by Apple and John Lewis.
Retailers in the telecoms sector – including o2.co.uk and carphonewarehouse.co.uk – dominated the remainder of the list, making up 6 of the top 20 entries and spending a total of more than £2.2 million. According to AdGooroo’s study, the presence of so many telecoms in the retail ranking is driven by the strength of just 12 mobile-specific terms in the top 250 keywords, which accounted for £4.5 million, or 16.85%, of total paid search ad spend on the keyword group during the first six months of the year.
However, apparel & accessories keywords were the dominant category among the top 250 retail product keywords, with 86 apparel terms generating nearly £6.7 million in paid search ad spend during the first six months of 2016, or 25% of the total spend across all 250 terms.
"Our findings clearly show a strong start to the year for retailers in terms of paid search ad spend compared with the first half of 2015. In fact, according to AdGooroo data, the 24% year-over-year increase in paid search spend we measured in the retail sector outpaced the UK search industry at large, which increased paid search ad spend by just 7.4% in the first half of 2016 compared to the same period in 2015.”
Richard Stokes, CEO at AdGooroo.
The top five UK retailers by keyword ad spend in the six-month period were:
The top five retail product keywords by paid search spend in the six-month period were:
- “iphone 6s”
- “engagement rings”
- “samsung galaxy s6”
- “business cards”
- “mobile phones”
Top 20 advertisers on retail keyword group by paid search spend:
Top 20 UK retail product keywords by paid search spend:
Top 250 UK retail product keywords grouped by category as a percentage of total spend:
AdGooroo examined Google.co.uk desktop Text Ad activity on the top 250 retail product keywords from January 2016 through June 2016.
AdGooroo is a Kantar Media company and global leader in Search Marketing Intelligence that helps the world’s best known brands and their agencies achieve a competitive advantage in the search marketplace. Founded in 2004, more than 4,000 search marketing professionals trust AdGooroo for reliable, actionable insights to uncover their top competitors’ paid and organic search strategies and improve their own campaign performance. Offering a complete picture of the search marketing landscape, AdGooroo enables clients to view current and historical data—including spend estimates, performance statistics, keywords and ad creative—for virtually any advertiser’s text ad and product listing ad campaigns across desktop/tablet and mobile search in more than 50 countries.
Visit www.adgooroo.com for more information.


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ABC.com improves its full-episode broadband player
ABC.com is upgrading its full-episode broadband player –only watchable in the U.S.-with new features like full-screen viewing, closed captioning and the ability to send and embed video.
The viewer also will have the option of choosing from standard or high definition. Users also can send links that can be posted elsewhere online, where they can launch cued to a particular scene mid-episode. Video on ABC.com also will be easier to sift through, with thumbnail images that offer a glimpse of the story line progression in each episode.
These new features, now in closed beta, are on the heels of Hulu.com’s successful launch with embeddable video. (By the way, Hulu has added new content partners: TV.com, TVGuide, BuddyTV.com, Flinxster.com, MyYearbook.com, Break.com and Zap2it.com).
ABC.com was the first full-episode player online when it launched in 2006, and as of April, it is the dominant one, with 8.9 million unique users.
ABC.com utilizes technology from Move Networks for its player.
Internet blog star Amanda Congdon is back
Popular videoblogger and former Rocketboom host Amanda Congdon is back, after a quick foray at ABC News. Now she is on SometimesDaily.com.
Amanda, 26, became an Internet sensation in 2006, when she introduced the concept of the video blog and got 200,000 viewers each day with its show Rocketboom. Then she joined ABC News to produce eccentric newscast but she clashed with the culture there and exited last fall.
“SometimesDaily.com is an interactive variety show that is embedded into my life,” she says. The show is produced by an independent production studio, Media Rights Capital. The goal is to build a fan base and advertiser interest around the videos, reinventing the vlog form as she pioneered it four years ago.
TV news still command a large audience
TV news isn’t dying, and it will remain an important source for years to come, even if more people ages 18-54 will get their news from the web and mobile platform in the next years.
A study conducted by market research firm Crawford, Johnson & Northcott concludes that Americans, including young people, are turning to TV in greater numbers than the web for elections news. The top three sources given by respondents ages 18-65 are broadcast networks news, cable TV news and local TV news.
“Rumors of the death of traditional television news have been greatly exaggerated. And it’s not just older people -- young adults are relying on television news, too,” said company president John Altenbern.
Netflix sells a device for instantly watching movies on TV sets
Netflix, who pioneered the DVD movie rentals by mail, is now offering its 8.2 million subscribers an option to watch movies on their television avoiding the post office.
Netflix has launched a $99 set-top box called Roku that allow customers to play 10,000 movies and TV episodes on their television instantly (most of them five years old), for no charge beyond their normal subscription fee.
This device is less than half of the cost of an $229 Apple TV, and jolts the emerging market for equipment that brings Internet video to TVs. Amazon.com offers similar product through TiVo video recorders. HP is planning to do so soon, too.


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Why Is Bitcoin Dropping So Fast Today The BSE Mid Cap index ended up by 0.3%. While the BSE Small Cap index ended up by 1.2%. Since the beginning of 2018, smallcap. 11 Dec 2017. Hype: For years now there's been a bitcoin price spike almost every. it's so such a sharp rise might be the simultaneous drop-off in sellers. 25 May 2018. Volatility in the
Bitcoin marched to the beat of their own drum in May, failing to correlate with major events. Will June provide a repeat?
Eind 2017 is Bitcoin Gold ontstaan als afsplitsing van de oorspronkelijke Bitcoin blockchain. Dit wordt een 'hard fork' genoemd. Heeft BTG echt toegevoegde.
A sudden surge in the price of bitcoin has made the cryptocurrency the top performing asset of 2020, outpacing gold, silver.
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the hacker has stolen about $18 million based on the current BTG price.
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Chennai restaurateur arrested for forging documents for US visasNovember 9th, 2008 - 1:27 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 8 (IANS) R. Siva Kumar, 41, part owner of Saravana Bhavan, a worldwide chain of south Indian restaurants, was arrested late Saturday night for allegedly attempting to obtain US visas for employees using forged documents, the police said.”The arrest was made following a complaint from the US Consulate whose officials discovered forged documents,” said an official from the state police’s crime investigation department.
The consulate’s complaints had led to arrests of two actresses Flora Saini and Sri Latha on similar charges March 11 this year.
Kumar’s father Rajagopal is out on bail in a case involving an employee’s murder.
The restaurant chain has 47 outlets in India and seven abroad, including one each in Canada and the US.
This is the first time that a top restaurant chain’s owner has been arrested on this charge, police officials added.


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During the pre-E3 2019 Google Stadia Connect, Larian Studios officially announced Baldur’s Gate III, confirming the rumors that the Divinity: Original Sin II developer is behind the long-awaited sequel to the RPG series. During the livestream, a horrifying cinematic trailer for the upcoming game was also revealed, and Larian Studios confirmed Baldur’s Gate III would be coming to Google Stadia (it’s also releasing on PC). Following the announcement, Larian Studios released a Community Update video to provide further insight into the process of making Baldur’s Gate III.
Though the Community Update is largely just one long comedy skit as to how Larian Studios acquired the rights to make Baldur’s Gate III, it does reveal several tidbits of information about the new games as well. The game is described as a “big grand adventure” that’s “true to D&D lore” and has a choice-driven narrative where a player’s decisions matter to the overall plot. The video also touches on the process of ceremorphosis, the terrifying process by which a humanoid creature becomes a Mindflayer, as well as how the transformation can be reversed. If you want to see that change in action, you can watch it in the trailer below.
In a press release, Larian Studios wrote, “Baldur’s Gate III will push the boundaries of the RPG genre and offer a rich narrative with unparalleled player freedom, high-stakes decisions, unique companion characters, and memorable combat. It is Larian Studios’ biggest production ever and will be playable together with friends or as a single-player adventure.”
Baldur’s Gate III is one of the first games confirmed for Google Stadia, the company’s upcoming cloud-based game streaming service. In an interview with GameSpot, Larian Studios founder and head Swen Vincke said, “Stadia will also allow a whole bunch of community features that you otherwise wouldn’t be able to do. I don’t know if you’ve been paying attention to what’s happening in the streaming sphere when it comes to Dungeons & Dragons, but there’s a lot going on there. Things like Stadia allow you to do much more. We’re implementing Stadia fairly deep into the game, actually. In due course, we will announce the features and demonstrate it. I don’t think people understand, yet, exactly how transformative Stadia is going to be. Not in a corporate way, I actually mean it. Because they haven’t seen it, they haven’t touched it, but it is quite special.”
Baldur’s Gate III is releasing for Google Stadia and PC and is currently scheduled to be available as part of the Stadia Founder’s Edition launch line-up (which is releasing in November 2019).


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Wall Street loves to worry about Tesla.
The latest point of concern is cash and credit: How much money will Tesla burn over the next year, and how much financing will it need to undertake to achieve its goal of 500,000 in annual vehicle deliveries by 2018?
According to Bloomberg’s David Welch and Dana Hull, the electric automaker has $1.3 billion in credit lines and $3.25 billion in cash.
The sticking point right now is the impending merger of Tesla and SolarCity, the struggling solar-panel installer that is run by Lyndon Rive. Rive and Tesla CEO Elon Musk are cousins and Musk is also the chairman of SolarCity.
As Welch and Hull have noted, “Oppenheimer & Co. analyst Colin Rusch said the company will need as much as $12.5 billion for capital spending, financed mainly through debt, by the end of 2018 if it closes the deal with SolarCity.”
If you accept that $12.5-billion figure, then Tesla could have some issues and will probably need to undertake yet another capital raise in 2017 (Musk has said that there won’t be one in 2016).
The maths just doesn’t work over the longer term. And for the past few weeks, Tesla stock chart has become quite contorted, as shares have jerked above and below $200. The markets are clearly concerned, and maybe confused, about what’s next for this $30-billion market cap company.
But of course Tesla isn’t in a financial steady state: unlike, say, Ferrari, whose production has been capped at less than 10,000 vehicles annually, Tesla intends to grow sales and grow them rapidly.
If it succeeds in doing this — going from 80,000 to 90,000 deliveries in 2016 to half million in two years later — it balance sheets should improve. With its two current vehicles, the Model S sedan and the Model X SUV, Tesla could be booking double-digit profit margins.
The margins will be lower on the Model 3 mass-market vehicle, arriving in 2017, but Tesla will sell many more of them, if its nearly 375,000 in pre-orders are any indication.
Tesla’s cash position has actually been steadily improving, and as Welch and Hull report, the carmaker recently restored one its credit lines to a full $1 billion. In the past, Tesla’s CFOs have wanted to maintain at last a billion cash on the balance sheet by the end of a calendar year, and for 2016, it looks as if the company will be running well above that level.
Obviously, hitting marks with the Model 3 will be critical. Tesla can’t repeat history and experience delays, as it did with the Model X, which was three years overdue when it finally launched in 2015.
But the Model 3 isn’t a complicated vehicle. It will be built on a simple, versatile platform, most likely use steel rather than aluminium in its construction, and have a less intricate interior than the Model X, which served up a lot of production problems en route to its launch.
So Tesla may not currently have enough incoming funding to make it through 2018. But if the Model 3 hits on time, that situation could change rapidly.
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On May 15, according to the CSRC website, 2019 is the 70th anniversary of the founding of the peoples Republic of China and the key year for building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way. The Party committee of CSRC attaches great importance to the handling of two sessions proposal, adheres to the combination of handling proposal with in-depth education on the theme of never forget the original intention and keep the mission in mind and the transformation of work style, with the combination of comprehensively deepening the reform of capital market, earnestly performs its duties, and strives to transform the proposal into the actual effect of promoting the reform, development and stability of capital market. In 2019, China Securities Regulatory Commission completed 195 bills and proposals of the National Peoples Congress and 121 proposals of the CPPCC National Committee.
Lin Peng, deputy general manager of Dongfang Hongzi management, left his post and started four funds to be taken over by the young generation group
Following the departure of Wang Guobin and Chen Guangming, another veteran of the company, Lin Peng, left Dongfanghong asset management, which led to a lot of speculation in the market: is it a lack of money, a grievance in the heart, or a secret?
Dongfang Hongzi management has always been regarded as the flag holder of sticking to value investment in the industry and standing alone, and has become an alternative in the industry with frequent fund bursts and outstanding performance of active management. On May 15, Dongfang Hongzi management released a notice saying that Lin Peng left for personal reasons. Lin Peng, who has always kept a low profile, also issued an open letter on the same day saying that he was grateful and trusted, and lucky to be with others and left for personal ideal.
May shopping market gradually warms up retail enterprises Eight Immortals cross the sea to boost consumer confidence
In order to boost consumer confidence and make the shopping market recover in an all-round way, retail enterprises of different formats can be described as Eight Immortals crossing the sea. In addition to offline physical stores, Decathlon retail team actively develops online business economics and seeks more business opportunities through resource integration, including online live broadcast, wechat apps, etc. Decathlon replied to the Securities Daily.
Speed up the development of the western region and basically realize modernization in 2035
On May 17, Xinhua news agency was authorized to issue the guiding opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on promoting the development of the western region in the new era and forming a new pattern. In terms of deepening the reform in key areas, the opinions put forward to deepen the reform of market-oriented allocation of factors. We will deepen the reform of the mixed ownership system of commercial local state-owned enterprises whose main business is fully competitive. We will increase the proportion of direct financing in the western region, support eligible enterprises to issue listed financing and refinancing at home and abroad, and raise financing through the issuance of corporate credit bonds and asset securitization products. Green channel policies are applicable to enterprises in western poverty-stricken areas, such as IPO, new third board listing, bond issuance, M & A and restructuring. We will actively promote reform of the scientific and technological system. We will continue to build a credit system. Strive to create a good business environment.
The opinion requires that by 2020, the ecological environment, business environment, open environment and innovation environment in the western region will be significantly improved, and a well-off society will be built in an all-round way with the whole country; by 2035, the western region will basically realize socialist modernization, with basic public services, infrastructure access and peoples living standards roughly equivalent to those in the eastern region, and strive to achieve different types of land Regional complementary development, east-west two-way opening and coordination, prosperity and security of ethnic border areas, and harmonious coexistence of human and nature.
21 enterprises and individuals have been listed by the regulators
The new securities law not only greatly increases the illegal cost of financial fraud, but also highlights the importance of information disclosure standard by adding information disclosure clauses. In recent years, the supervision has continued to crack down on the relevant listed companies that violate the authenticity of information disclosure.
On the evening of May 17, two listed companies, St Silver Pigeon and CITIC Guoan, announced that they had been put on file by CSRC for suspected illegal information disclosure. According to the statistics of securities times u00b7 e company, since the implementation of the new securities law on March 1, 21 companies or individuals have been listed and investigated by the CSRC.
The golden decade of civil aviation suggests the facilitation of entry visas
Since 2020, the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak and sustained impact on the global aviation industry has also made significant impact on the future development of the airline management.
Wang Yu, member of the CPPCC National Committee and chairman of Chunqiu aviation, said in an interview that the proposals of the two sessions this year will start from how to deal with the normalization of public health events, incorporate private enterprises into the national emergency rescue system, and implement visa facilitation; at the same time, he said that civil aviation practitioners are very strong in the face of the epidemic, and still have confidence in the long-term development prospects of the industry.
On the one hand is the national large fund phase II settled in the leading enterprises, on the other hand is the peripheral technology limit upgrade, the recent strong rebound of technology stocks leading plate semiconductor last weekend came a lot of news. Will news from the outside disrupt the rise of technology stocks? After all, the semiconductor seal test concept sector has gained a lot since April 39.34% u3002
In the view of fund managers, the investment opportunities of science and technology stocks, especially in the independent and controllable fields, belong to the long-term deterministic trend, which contains rich investment opportunities and is worthy of firm layout. At the same time, fund companies are also actively issuing funds related to science and technology shares, and the first batch of closed-end operating funds that mainly invest in science and technology innovation board have been reported.
Pan Gongsheng, deputy governor of the peoples Bank of China and director of the State Administration of foreign exchange, said that the opinions will effectively enhance the real economic capacity of financial services in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Bay area, promote the coordinated development of regional economy, inject new momentum of economic growth, and provide solid financial support for the construction of a first-class Bay area and world-class urban agglomeration with vitality and international competitiveness.
Adhere to the orientation of supporting agriculture and supporting small enterprises, Guangzhou agricultural and commercial bank fully supports enterprises to resume production
At present, Guangzhou agricultural commercial bank is the largest rural commercial bank in Guangdong Province. As a rural financial institution coming out of Sangji fishpond, how can Guangzhou agricultural commercial bank take root in the local area and promote the Rural Revitalization and local economic development? How do novel coronavirus pneumonia affect the banking industry? Recently, Cai huiran, business director of Guangzhou agricultural commercial bank, accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from China Securities Journal on these issues.
China Securities News: what challenges does the epidemic bring to the operation of commercial banks?
Cai huiran: the epidemic has a great impact on the real economic activities. The shock of the real economy will inevitably be transmitted to the financial sector, which will have a certain impact on the operation and asset quality of banking institutions. However, the cost of deposit absorption is relatively rigid, so the profit margin of banks is expected to be affected.
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In 2017, Guanglianda put forward the seven three plan (2017-2019), which regards building a digital building platform service provider as the transformation direction. As the year of the end of planning, two main businesses of Guanglianda in 2019 are outstanding: Digital cost business revenue twenty-four point five two Billion yuan, year-on-year growth 19.17% , including cloud revenue nine point two one Billion yuan, year-on-year growth 148.84% ; digital construction business eight point five three Billion yuan, year-on-year growth 29.58% u3002 At present, Guangliandas coverage area of cost cloud model transformation in the domestic market has reached 70%, the renewal rate has exceeded 85%, and customer satisfaction has reached 90%.
In 2020, the first year of Guangliandas 83 plan (2020-2022). In the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic prevention display, the display skills to the full scale of the Xiaotangshan model hospital have become the key role of the supply and demand of building materials in the process of building the hospital.
Believing in the future and promising future Taier shares transfer transformation confidence
The companys strategy is to transform from a manufacturing enterprise to a service-oriented and technology-based enterprise, and the revenue from product line services and remanufacturing services will increase substantially. And the product line service and remanufacturing service business are oriented to a hundred billion level market, we firmly believe that there is great potential in the future. Recently, Tai Zipeng, vice chairman of the company, said at the Taier stock investor exchange meeting.
In this exchange meeting, around the companys strategic development, industry situation, competitive advantage, business segmentation and many other aspects, institutional investors such as China Eastern Airlines Group, China CITIC construction investment, Chongyang investment, Changjiang Securities and other institutional investors exchanged with the companys executives.
Blonde technology won 975 million USD kn95 mask export list
Less than three months after the transformation of special materials for melt blown cloth, blonde technology won a large overseas order for masks. In the evening of May 17, Kingfa technology announced that Guangdong Kingfa Technology Co., Ltd. (the seller), a subsidiary of the company, and a company (the buyer) in the United States had signed the goods sales contract. During the term of the contract for the sale of goods, the Seller shall sell kn95 masks to the buyer in accordance with the contract for the sale of goods and the buyers specific purchase order.
According to the announcement, Guangdong Jinfa Technology Co., Ltd. received a purchase order of US $975 million on May 16, 2020 (Beijing time). Due to the large amount of this transaction order, it will be produced in batches, delivered in batches, and settled in separate documents. It is estimated that the transaction period will last for 3 months.
Source: responsible editor of Securities Daily: Yang qian_nf4425